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-M-AR'IIN LAN DENBERGER, JR., 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TOMARTIN LANDE'NBERGER & CO.

Letters Patent No. 93,314, dated August 3, 1869. J

IIVIIPR.OVIEllVlIIEilSIiT IN" KNITTED FABRIC.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettere Patent and making part of thename.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN LANDENBERGER, Jr., of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, have invented an Improved Knitted Fabric; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of thesame. l

My invention consists of a knitted fabric, in which fiat flexible wire,silvered, gilt, or otherwise polished, is interlooped with brousthreads, so that the said wire may appear ou the surface, at intervals,in the form of glistening strips or spots, which impart a brilliant andattractive appearance to the fabric, the lat-ter being in no wayimpaired, as regards lightness and flexibility,

by the presence of the hat wires.

I will now proceed to describe the mode of carrying my invention intoeffect, reference being had to' the accompanying drawing, which forms a.part of this specification, and which vrepresents a piece of knittedfabric made in accordance with my invention, the yellow spots indicatingthe flattened wire.

In making my improved fabric, I use flat wire, silvered, gilt, orotherwise polished, in conj nnctionwith threads of wool o r other fibre,the wire being sulficiently tough and fiexible to be acted on by theneedles of a knitting-machine, and therebyinterlooped withthefibrous-threads without breaking.

The most brilliant effects may be thus imparted to knitted fabrics, asthewire, being bent and twisted by looping, presents irregular surfaces,which havea glistening effect, brilliant shining spots being presentedat 'irregular intervals on the surface, and these spots ap'- pearing anddisappearing as the position and folds of the fabric are changed, theeffect being somewhat similar to that of polished beads or bugles,stitched to I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent- A knitted fabric, in which attened wire, silvered,

gilt, or otherwise polished, is interlooped with fibrousl threads, asset forth, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof, I havesigned my name to this specification, in thepresence of two lsubscribing witnesses.

' MARTIN LANDENBERGER, JR.

Witnesses:

J ons WHITE, HARRY SMITH.

